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by ChuckNorris89 1443 days ago
>you need hosting in a neutral country like Switzerland

Switzerland is only neutral on paper and has a history of letting itself and it's tech companies influenced by powerful foreign nations (the German-US - Crypto AG scandal , ProtonMail sharing info on some of its French users to the French authorities, etc.)

You might get good protection if you're a Swiss citizen living in Switzerland, but if you think Switzerland is some bastion of digital safety for foreigners, think again. If you're a foreigner, the Swiss authorities will not hesitate to throw you under the bus if you're being targeted by another powerful nation state with influence in Switzerland.

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I don't think Swiss authorities would take down a site with video evidence of human rights abuses at the behest of the Chinese government. But hey, maybe times have changed.